Domaine de Tanella - Suarte Red 2020
Domaine de Tanella is located in Figari, in the south of Corsica . Founded at the end of the 19th century, it was taken over in 1975 by Jean-Baptiste de Peretti della Rocca , who passed it on to his children, Alexandra and Marc-Aurèle , representing the fifth generation of winegrowers in the family. The vineyard covers approximately 80 hectares in one piece, planted on granite, clay and stony arena soils. Domaine de Tanella has been certified High Environmental Value (HVE) level 3 since 2019 and also produces farmhouse cheeses from their sheep farm.
Suarte Rouge is made from a selection of Sciaccarellu plots. Vinification is carried out in truncated cone-shaped vats with daily pumping over and rack and return every other day. The wine is aged for 12 months in French oak demi-muids from several cooperages.
Grape variety: 100% Sciaccarellu